Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum

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iLong-nosed Short-tailed Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. scalops
Binomial name
Monodelphis scalops
(Thomas, 1888)

The Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis scalops, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 15. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.